We've got a first-time player in the house among three seasoned veterans as Jay hangs out with: The Hitmen: Alan - Be kind to each other and yourself, adopt don't shop, and homies help homies always! Jared - Be kind to one another, shop local, keep supporting the PTE Network and Liquid Kourage on Patreon! Vs. Two In The Pink: Corin - Love you all, Trans/Black/Immigrant/Neurodivergent Lives Matter, go create something, Rufus has the best "Hallelujah"! (and check them out on Instagram , buy them a...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 52 min•Ep. 44
Do not adjust your podcatcher, there are in fact FIVE guests on this episode as Jay shares the limelight with: 66% of Mack Attack: Shara - Check in on government workers you know, be kind to people! Melissa - Had a blast, be kind! Vs. Still The Only Worders In The Building: Nanci - Be kind to retail workers, prices aren't their fault! Dustin - Shoutout to my wife Brooke, look out for Octavio in Spring 2026! Along with Unofficial Verboten Statistician Jeff - Luc Leavenworth and I want to challeng...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 43
We're super-starred and super-sized this week as podcast worlds collide and Jay has to battle for the spotlight with: Liv And Let Dani: Liv - Tom Scott... get Jay on Lateral already! Dani - Join the Consume this Media Discord , play Blood on the Clocktower ! Vs. Arnold: Kara - Find Kara on Twitch , Listen to the Film Reroll , Check out the Frame Fatales , and everything else Kara does! Bill - Check out Escape This Podcast , Solve This Murder , The Rise of the Golden Idol , be cool! This week's f...
May 06, 2025•2 hr 16 min•Ep. 42
It's finally BACK! Jay kicks off season TWO of Verboten with some returning and very friendly faces: The Lost Jedi: Tim - Listen to Frenemy Trivia & the Perfect Ten podcast, welcome back Jay! Chris - Check out Uncle Nearest Distillery and Republic Restoratives Distillery, both owned by marginalized communities! Vs. Two Cats, Three Eyes, and a Pizza Place: Brittany - Make good trouble, trans identities are valid, the PTE Network is a safe space, support locally-owned businesses (especially ow...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 41
Two of Jay's loves come together, as she hosts Verboten for these wonderful friends from her Blood on the Clocktower group: Team Sweet Tea: Billie - Support the Trivia Advent-ure Calendar (it's not too late!), follow Liquid Kourage in Chicagoland, then come to Critical Grind in Shorewood on Saturdays to play Blood on the Clocktower! Lav - Be nice to yourself, always find your support structures, and never be afraid to ask for help! Vs. Team Lucy: Tom - Support your local gaming store, don't be a...
Jan 14, 2025•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 40
It's the final episode of 2024, which sees Jay surrounded by: Thots: Chaz Vukotich - Learn more math, go Pens! Jenn Wimmer - Community organizers rule, fascists drool! Vs. The "S" in ESP: Scott Brill - Support your local library! Seth Morrigan - Live well, take care of each other, and go Blazers! This week's featured Patreon supporter is Johnson Earls! Thanks for the isolation booth upgrade! This episode sponsored by Critical Grind Board Game Cafe and Liquid Kourage Entertainment . Want to spons...
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 39
Someone old, someone new, someone borrowed (from another podcast) and this episode definitely works blue as Jay is joined by: Only Word-ers In The Building: Nanci Skinner - Remember to keep your cool, walk away from your phones if needed everything, will be okay if we just stick together! Dustin Resch - Thanks Brooke for putting up with me, check out reschasketch.com for art and news about Dustin's upcoming book! Vs. The Team With Two Brains: Jeff Clear - Please check out Sara Ryan's queer-frien...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 38
It's a family affair as we see who has the stronger connection: siblings, or a father and daughter, as Jay serves as drunk aunt to: Big Speas Energy: Adam Speas - Check out Throwback Trivia Takedown ! John Speas - BFOP Network , listen to our special tournament at the end of 2024! Vs. The Penguin Tats: Irene Brewer - Thank you to Jay, my dad, John and Adam, and be kind! Chris Brewer - Support Throwback Trivia Takedown, the PTE Network, and Liquid Kourage on Patreon! This week's featured Patreon ...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 50 min•Ep. 37
Can a team of Verboten rookies prevail over some familiar guests? Jay helps answer that question as she welcomes this week: The Gerbils: Ali Iceman - Check out the Twenty-Four Hour Expert podcast, maybe featuring Jay in the future! DB - Listen to the Smash The Mat podcast, and book DB for your own podcast projects! Vs. The Antipodes: Tim Dippel - Listen to Frenemy Trivia , buy PTE merch , sign up for the National Marrow Donor Program at bethematch.org ! Jane Hansen - Be kind to one another, join...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 36
An episode five months in the making, as this episode was begun in June 2024, featuring Jay and these four very patient guests: Mike & Mike In The Morning: Baney - Follow Baney on Twitch @baneyboii , listen to Learn The Ropes podcast , watch Angel Hare on Youtube ! Mike Cohen - Listen to Perfect Ten podcast , VOTE! Vs. Erloben: Liv Ivie - Tom Scott, get Jay on your show ( Lateral ), love each other, support small businesses, love to my buttercup! Asha Ouseph - Be kind, learn something new, G...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 35
Jay tries to bring 3 new players up to speed and one returning player down to Earth, as she is joined by: Me, Myself, My Kids, And Irene: Shara Hinkel - Choose inclusion over exclusion, November is Prematurity Awareness Month; donate to March of Dimes or your local NICU! Irene Brewer - Thanks to Jay, Shara, Chris Brewer, and be kind to people; you don't know what they're going through! Vs. Does This Count As Date Night?: Kate Lydston - Be a participant in this upcoming election, check out postca...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 47 min•Ep. 34
Jay is delighted to serve as Podcast Mommy to these four friends, as she referees a match between: Friday Night Lingo Lights: Stacey Melquist - Go out and vote, especially in local elections! Johnson Earls - COVID is still out there; wear a mask! Shop local, and go out and vote! Vs. Red-Headed Stepchildren: Ian Schulze - Volunteer in your community; email Siesta Key Brewing and tell them Jay needs an editor! Tradiac - Support Jay's endeavors and go redheads! This week's featured Patreon supporte...
Oct 08, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 33
Something old, something new this week as Jay welcomes back some returning players and gets to enjoy some new players for the first time: Rock Me Amadeus Ex Machina: Matt Lamia - Be kind to each other, love each other and yourself! rowan ward - If you want a horse, check out off-track thoroughbreds! Vs. You Can't See Us: Chris Brewer - Love and hate is a spectrum; choose love for friends, family, strangers, enemies, and yourself! Jared Chown - Get Jay an editor! (Jay's note: check the end of the...
Sep 24, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 32
This week's guests put the "silly" in "silly little word game", as Jay is joined by: Tom Nook Collection Agency: Luc Leavenworth - Donate to the National Diaper Bank Network in Illinois, hug a teacher (consentually)! Kristin Pilotte - Life is short, tell people you love them, take lots of pictures! Vs. AD in HD: Angie Kregg - Support your local library and be kind to each other, check out Angie on Wednesdays for trivia at Imperial Oak Brewing in Willow Springs, IL! Brett Rich -If you like live-p...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 31
It's the sleepover edition of Verboten, featuring Jay and her squad of besties: LK's Ohana: Brittany Shaw - Listen to Frenemy Trivia and support Operation Olive Branch ! Quincy Borsom - Support the teachers in your community, and be kind! Vs. Linguists And Lattes: Dana Buxbaum - Be good and do good! (But also check out Critical Grind , Liquid Kourage, the World Trivia Federation, and Frenemy Trivia) Gina Baig - Check out Downtime Coffee (and Baig of Tricks Entertainment ), and go to Pet Profile ...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 56 min•Ep. 30
Jay's busily putting the finishing touches on all the events she's hosting at SporcleCon 2024 , so until the dust settles we're spotlighting another podcast in the trivia world! (pssst... use promo code "lkjay" to get a 10% discount on your ticket to see her perform LIVE!) Enjoy this episode of friend of the show Drew Buxbaum's series Nerd-Off, featuring Jeremy Goodson and Jay Borsom! Nerd-Off ----more---- Editing's expensive and listening to ads sucks! Help us hire an editor and get back to new...
Aug 13, 2024•39 min•Ep. 29
After a LONG hiatus from releases, Jay is back with new episodes, this time around joined by: Get Jay An Editor: Jeff Clear - Get Jay an editor, don't be afraid to ask for help when you're struggling! Angie Kregg - Support LK trivia shows and your local library, Instinctive Thrift for upcycled jewelry! Vs. We'd Rather Be Punching Nazis: Jenn Wimmer - Find something local to you and perform some activism for good! Seth Morrigan - Best bar trivia scene in Portland is Rip City Trivia ! This week's ...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 26
Jay is BACK with NEW EPISODES of Verboten at the end of July, but while she's still off we're spotlighting some of the other amazing shows on the PTE Network! Boozy Bracketology is self-described as being about "strong drinks, strong opinions, and crowning champions". Each episode features a panel of special guest panelists each discussing and casting their votes across a multi-entry, bracket-style tournament to determine what the "best" of each category is, from Pop-Tart flavors to pro wrestlin...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 28
Jay is on vacation out of the country this month, so while she's away we're spotlighting some of the other amazing shows on the PTE Network! Pub Trivia Experience is the flagship show of the PTE Network, with a regular cadre of hosts taking turns presenting trivia games in a wide variety of topics and formats; no two shows are the same! This episode, first released in May 2023 and hosted by Chris Liguori, features fellow PTE Network host Brittany squaring off head to head against Jay in a battle...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 27
Jay is on vacation out of the country this month, so while she's away we're spotlighting some of the other amazing shows on the PTE Network! Frenemy Trivia is a fun take on a traditional trivia competition podcast, as friends will quickly become enemies. This episode features show co-host Brittany as a contestant, but most episodes feature the delightful pairing of Tim, the show's straight man, with Brittany, who supplies endless puns and silly banter. Enjoy this early episode featuring Jay Bors...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 53 min•Ep. 26
Surprising hits and misses through this week's game, as Jay (and Bandit) spend some time with: Putting The "D" In Salena: Dsalina - @DsalinaPlays on everything, mack_the_cutie on IG and MacksRuffReviews on YT for Dsalina's dog! Salena Metreger - Support artists and small businesses, language is fluid! Vs. Skirting The Storms: Andrew Gossett - Check out TheBassoonist7513 and WhispyWoodwinds on YouTube for covers of VGM, support local and women's sports, be kind! Jamie Toon - Check out Instagram a...
Jun 04, 2024•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 25
A pair of Verboten firsts happen on this one, as Jay is joined in-studio by a special guest co-host (of sorts), and in this episode by: Nothing Rhymes With Purple: Ren O'Connor - Take care of yourselves and each other, happy Pride! Jeremy Cahnmann - Take nothing but memories, leave nothing but footprints, respect people of all walks of life, love life, see the world, be kind, adopt don't shop, etc. Vs. Everything Rhymes With Purple: Liv Ivie - Tom Scott, get Jay on your show! Everyone deserves l...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 24
One of this week's guests is dead-set on stealing more than the listeners' hearts... but which one? Find out as Jay serves as hostess to: Scotty Doesn't Know: Scott Brill - Visit your local library! Marina Stanfa - Check out Marina's gluten-free sweets at cookies-kitchen.com ! Vs. Defenestration All-Stars: Johnson Earls - COVID, flu, and RSV are out there; wear a mask! JB Henry - Check out Twitch on Saturday nights @ JBHenryXIV with Wheel After Dark and Two Minute Drill coming soon! This week's ...
May 07, 2024•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 23
Mentions of nursery rhymes, bad pronunciations and impressions, and yet another guess of "stripper", as Jay is joined this week by: ProgChumps: Chris Hernandez - Check out Russ Friedewald with Trivial Workshop on Twitch and Tangents in your podcast app! Tradiac - Liquid Kourage on Patreon, Discord, Twitch, etc. The Captain & MacKenzie: Anne Putnam - Adopt, don't shop! Jane Hansen - Be kind to one another and join your local library! This week's featured Patreon supporter is Johnson Earls. Th...
Apr 30, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Ep. 22
Grab your old New Balance sneakers and click those tongs to make sure they work, because this episode has big suburban dad energy, as Jay has the pleasure of hosting for: Beards & Beer Guts: Dave Kantorski - Support Liquid Kourage and the PTE Network, drink local and play local with Dave at Go 4 It Entertainment in Chicagoland, mental health IS health! Dustin Resch - See Dustin's art at reschasketch.com and @reschasketch on all the socials! Dad Jokes For Days: D.J. Carlile - Support content ...
Apr 23, 2024•1 hr 30 min•Ep. 21
Back in January, Verboten was featured on the feed for the popular show Escape This Podcast, and that exposure was amazing, so we want to be able to pay it forward and spotlight an excellent podcast that we think you'll love! Draught Daze is the newest show on the PTE Network, conceived and hosted by my dear friend Jeff "Jeffy Donuts" Bimm. It takes all the fun and faux-competitiveness of a fantasy sports draft and turns it on its head, drafting in categories like nu-metal bands, breakfast cerea...
Apr 16, 2024•2 hr 25 min
Back in January, Verboten was featured on the feed for the popular show Escape This Podcast, and that exposure was amazing, so we want to be able to pay it forward and spotlight an excellent podcast that we think you'll love! Tangents is like if pub trivia met a Choose Your Own Adventure book; it's one of the most innovative game formats for trivia we've ever seen, and Russ's personality and voice are a welcome guide through each topsy-turvy episode. Enjoy this episode, featuring Verboten host J...
Apr 09, 2024•43 min
This episode pushes the show to its limit (literally at times!) as Jay is delighted to be joined by: Rihanna's Baby Bump: Ali Baig - Order from Downtime Coffee , and check out Baig of Tricks Entertainment in Chicagoland! Connor Self - Connor is appearing at the D8 Summit board game convention in Dixon, IL April 19-21 - 100% for charity! Combat Wombats: Dulcinea Hawksworth - Get your custom jewelry from Little Black Dress , and don't be a dick! Paul McLaughlin - Near Pittsburgh? Be on the lookout...
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 20
A challenging set to be sure this week, especially in round 3, as Jay baffles: Karaoke Derby Pi-Rates: rowan ward - Looking for a horse? Off-track thoroughbreds rock! Bryan Nash - Well-fought game! Thunderthatch Feet: Andrew Brown - March is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness month Chris McDermott - Listen and subscribe to Verboten, and leave a 5-star review! This episode sponsored by Critical Grind Board Game Cafe and Liquid Kourage Entertainment . Want to sponsor this show as well? Reach out to us! ...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 42 min•Ep. 19
This is a girls' night you do NOT want to miss! Our longest episode to date because there was SO much good fun being had by everyone, as Jay is delighted to welcome: Team Appa: Alissa Kanturek- Wear sunscreen, at least SPF 30! Beth Heisz - Teach your kids to share and to tie their shoes! Team Momo: Zahkia Mendoza - Be kind to all people, always! Carmela Smith - Listen to the OMG family of podcasts (especially FourPlay!), register to vote, and donate to the Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline ! Thi...
Mar 19, 2024•2 hr•Ep. 18
